Step 1 — Installing MySQL

Update the package index 

 

 

 sudo apt update 

 

 

 Install the MySQL server package 

 

 

 sudo apt install mysql-server 

 

 

 Start MySQL server 

 

 

 sudo systemctl start mysql.service 

 

 

 Check MySQL server status 

 

 

 sudo systemctl status mysql 

 

 The status should look like this 

 

 ● mysql.service - MySQL Community Server

 Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mysql.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)

 Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-04-21 12:56:48 UTC; 6min ago

 Main PID: 10382 (mysqld)

 Status: "Server is operational"

 Tasks: 39 (limit: 1137)

 Memory: 370.0M

 CGroup: /system.slice/mysql.service

 └─10382 /usr/sbin/mysqld